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Success Stories  Birth Mom and Best FriendTina Gay and Sarah Woody are best friends. They linger over coffee at Starbucks, make weekly phone calls to relive the drama of their favorite TV show or discuss the frustrations of teaching, and they’re even training together for a marathon. They have a lot in common, too. They’re vivacious and opinionated, hard-headed and full of energy. Read more.  Next of Kin: How a Family Fused through Open Adoption The sweet smell of strawberry and rhubarb pie fills the air of Kristen and Doug Mitrisin’s home in Rowlett, Texas. It’s a warm summer day, and their daughter Amber, a senior at University of North Texas, has just walked in as the doorbell chimes. Read more. International Adoption  A Picture of FamilyLiLi wore pig tales with a tiny pink pom pom on one side of her head. In a small purse, she carried every picture, every note her family had mailed her. Read More  One Year Down They’ve been logged in to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs now for over a year, and the wait is not getting any shorter. But for David and Amy McDurham, life is good. Read more.  Russian-Adopted Twins Adjust to Life in America “Jacob, tuck in your shirt.” “Micah, come stand by Mommy.” The 6-year-old twins shuffle and twirl around the Tarrant County Family Law Center lobby as their mother tries to coax them into the courtroom. Read more. Foster to Adopt  Foster Care and Adoption Knits Family TogetherThey keep each baby’s picture on their refrigerator like family photos on a mantle – innocent faces lined up in the order of their arrival to the home. Mark and Jacquie Craggett go through the photos and call each child by name: Raquelle, Anthony, Nathan, Desi, William, Maya, Hayden, Peanut, Brian. Read more.  A Local News Story Helps Complete a Family Not many parents can say the first time they saw their daughter was on TV, but the moment Geno and Lisa Hill saw Deidre’s smiling face on a local television news program, they knew she would be a part of their family. Read more. Texas Waiting Children  Adoption Gives East Texas Family
‘Additional Blessing’ Four-year-old Kellie Hodson loves to twirl in her pink dress. She makes faces with her big brother Jonathan, shares secrets with her Mom and rides the four-wheeler with her dad whenever she gets the chance.  A Permanent HomeIn Reyna and Daniel’s world, there were no bugs, no guinea pigs and definitely no horses. Read more. Foster Care  The Gift of Children Mona Harvey opens a Bible and reads to her two foster children from the first story she finds. Read more.  More than WordsWhen Ellinor Nixon sees a clean room, she sees more than dust-free floors and neatly made beds. She sees inside a child’s mind. Read more. Post Adoption Services  The Gift of Two MomsIt was over 90 degrees, but when she climbed out of the family car, her hands were shaking. Read more. |
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